Background
Walter was born in Königsberg.
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Johann Walter
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Education
He studied in Königsberg and Berlin under Johann Friedrich Meckel von Hemsbach and Johann Nathanael Lieberkühn.
Career
He was awarded a medical degree at Frankfurt (Oder) in 1757. After Meckel"s death, he became professor of anatomy in Berlin in 1774. Walter started and maintained a large collection and museum of anatomical samples, which was bought for 100.000 Thaler by the state, and became the foundation for the anatomical-zoological museum of the Berlin Academy.
Walter died in Berlin.
Membership
Royal Society.
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Nationality
Estonia Germany